291 Quotes by Avery Johnson

We were fortunate enough get some stops and play some tough, hard-nosed defense. This is the fifth win on a five-game road trip. We have been on the road eleven or twelve days and we played some pretty good defense against a team scoring 150, 120 and 115 points, so I am awfully proud of our guys.

He knows it's not permanent. Stack has been one of our best hustle players. He's wrapped up in that mode of being an offensive player. Sometimes you don't notice the hustle plays.

We've had a pretty good year up to this point. So we don't want to let all of that go down the drain because we got four guys injured.

I'm their motivation. We don't need outside opinion or perceptions to be motivation. I know how we need to play to get to the next level.

Guess what? I went out on a limb for it. I stand behind it. I've done pretty much all I can do. I need to get a return on my investment. I think Damp will respond. Whatever minutes he plays, I expect him to be a terror out there on the court.

We've had some guys out for long periods of time. We've got to whip those guys back in shape. We're waiting on (Keith) Van Horn to come back, which we think he can come back in about a week to 10 days. Hopefully, that other series will stretch to seven games.

I'm not sure Nellie could tell me anything I don't already know about Pop's camps.

We'll just take this victory any way we can get it. There's still another level for the Mavericks to go to. We're just not there yet.

I wouldn't say it was expected but it's not acceptable. At the same time, these guys wanted to get it right. It was something we were able to fight through.